The long search for an opponent to fight Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 227 finally is over. The two-time UFC light heavyweight title challenger will now meet Volkan Oezdemir next month. A lot of speculations were going on as to who will fight Gustafsson with names like Ovince St Preux being thrown in to fight Alex.

Volkan Oezdemir was scheduled to face Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua on July 22 in Germany, but the UFC opted to move him to UFC 227 against Alexander Gustafsson. Meanwhile, Shogun will be fighting Anthony Smith who himself was scheduled to fight in his hometown of Nebraska.

BREAKING: Alexander Gustafsson (@AlexTheMauler) and Volkan Oezdemir (@volkan_oezdemir) have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 227 on Aug. 4 in Los Angeles, multiple sources say. UFC has been working on a fight for Gustafsson on that card for awhile, finally got one done.

The fight will mark Oezdemir’s return to octagon following a loss to champ Daniel Cormier at UFC 220. Meanwhile, “The Mauler” has been out of action since a May 2017 beatdown of Glover Teixeira and has been fuming about getting a rematch with Daniel Cormier. The Champ is moving up to fight Stipe Miocic for the Heavyweight belt at UFC 226. The winner of this fight could be next in line to face Cormier.

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